While walking home, the boy decided to take the back alley for a change and because his older brother told him it was a quicker route. Fifteen or so steps and then a left turn behind the old somewhat run down building; there was this weird creature... It looked somewhat like a human but twisted; its head turned a one-eighty degree turn and it was on all fours, Its chest turned towards the sky. This creature had breasts so obviously it was a woman.
The woman then came charging at him with abnormal speed. It reminded the boy of stories he heard from his grandmother as a child. People getting possessed by spirits, entities or just supernatural things.
The boy took three steps back and instinctively reached for a metal pipe that was leaning against the old run down building. Within four seconds the woman was four or less steps away. Without a strand of hesitation the boy swung the pipe against the woman's head. Three hits. Thud! Thud! Thud! The woman's body slumped to the ground with a thud.
"Fuck! That was scary!" The boy murmured as he took a breath of relief.
The boy blanked once then two more times. He then looked up from the body and saw two male fingers standing at the end of alley way; One taller than the other but both taller than him. One maybe thirty looking and the other looked young maybe twenty five.
"What's your name?" Sunto said as he and his partner Sovuto approached the boy.
"My name is M-... Malren." Malren said hesitantly, almost reluctantly. He knew there was no escape from this situation. After they did see him hit a creature well woman with a metal pipe.
"Last name?" Sovuto said as he looked over Malren with his deep emerald green eyes.
"Malren Arvalis. Arvalis is my family last name." Malren said as he looked between the two men with his icy turquoise eyes.
"Arvalis?" Sunto whispered to Sovuto with a raised eyebrow as he lit his cigar.
A gust of wind swept through the alley. The air felt eerie almost as if it were alive and breathing itself. Malren maroon wavy hair flowed through the air as he braced himself against the wall. Sunto pulled his beiled top hat over his brown fluffed hair. Dirt got sent into Sovuto's shadow black hair.
Suddenly the woman's body twisted and jumped back up on all fours and tackled Malren to the ground with a thud; sending a sharp pain to his back.
"Agh! Shit!" He grunted in pain as he struggled to get the woman off.
Sunto sent a swift kick into the woman's side. She went flying into the brick wall with a sickening thud. It didn't seem to stop her though.
"Sovuto! Quick! Get the damn changeling!" Sunto barked as he helped Malren up to his feet.
"I know!" Sovuto grumbled as he swiftly pulled out his revolver. His eyes swept across the area searching for the changeling.
The changeling was fast and swift jumping from wall to wall. It seemed to be more focused on Malren. It kept forward to Sunto and Malren.
"Soku Tolu Joku." Sovuto chanted to himself as he coated the gun with a charm.
"Not today, you rat." Sovuto grinned as he lined it up and timed it and fired it without hesitation. Pow! The silver bullet went flying through the air with a slight shimmer of silver lightening and hit the changeling's skull with a sickening sound.
The changeling body once more hit the ground with a thud. This time it disintegrated into ash. Nothing was left behind.
"I thought those things went extinct. Also what type of damn bullet does that?!" Malren asked, startled slightly.
"Sunto. It's a regular bullet. Sovuto just chanted the Mivit charm over the weapon." Sunto explained with slight excitement and a slight shimmer to his deep violet eyes. He always liked explaining stuff to newbies or possible new newbies.
Sovuto just looked at Sunto with a dumbfounded expression. "This really isn't the time Captain." Sovuto grumbled as he put away his revolver as he approached them.
"We need to figure him out. Are we gonna recruit him or what? He seems pretty capable to me. Just needs work and maybe he be able to be a Pacer like us. Don't you think Sunto?" Sovuto said as he looked Malren over once more but with a bit more intensity that felt almost as if reading them.
"Right, Malren. It seemed you might have been a target by that changeling based on how it seemed focused on you earlier. So son you'll have no choice but to come with us." Sunto said as he dragged Malren by his arm with him as he followed Sovuto.